Cystic transverse limb of the articular branch: A pathognomonic sign for peroneal intraneural ganglia at the superior tibiofibular joint

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-166

  Spinner, Robert J ^a   Desy, Nicholas M ^a,b   Amrami, Kimberly K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cysts; Magnetic resonance imaging; Peroneal intraneural ganglia; Superior tibiofibular joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GANGLION; GANGLION CYST; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KNEE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERONEAL INTRANEURAL GANGLION CYST; PERONEAL NEUROPATHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBULA; GANGLION CYSTS; HUMANS; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERONEAL NERVE; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES; TIBIA;

EID: 33745770892     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000219820.31012.22     Document Type: Article

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